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脉
脈
mài
1. arteries and veins
2. vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
Very Common • Top 4%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

脉
mài
a pulse; arteries, veins; blood vessels
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

人脉
rénmài
contacts
冠脉
guānmài
coronary
切脉
qièmài
to feel sb's pulse
动脉
dòngmài
artery
HSK 6
命脉
mìngmài
lifeline
地脉
dìmài
geographical position according to the principles of feng shui [[風水|风水<fēngshuǐ>]]
寸脉
cùnmài
pulse taken at the wrist (TCM)
山脉
shānmài
mountain range
HSK 6
弱脉
ruòmài
weak pulse
把脉
bǎmài
to feel the pulse
按脉
ànmài
to feel (take) the pulse
摸脉
mōmài
to feel sb's pulse
涩脉
sèmài
sluggish pulse
病脉
bìngmài
abnormal pulse
矿脉
kuàngmài
vein of ore
穴脉
xuémài
node (center of energy)
结脉
jiémài
knotted or slow pulse (TCM)
经脉
jīngmài
channel of TCM
脉动
màidòng
pulse
脉口
màikǒu
location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM

Alternate Entries

脉
mài
old variant of [[脈|脉<mài>]]
脉
mò
see [[脈脈|脉脉<mòmò>]]
脉
mài
variant of [[脈|脉<mài>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,593
Word Frequency Rank
3,337 of 84,292